Shoe-clasp



(No Model.)

H. S. PULLMAN.

SHOE CLASP.

No. 391,557. Patented Oct. 23, 1888.

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UNITED STATS HERBERT S. PULLMAN, OF ROCKVILLE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF, BYMESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO GROVE H. WILSON, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT.

SHOE CLASP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 391,557, dated October23, 1888.

Application filed February 11, 1888. Serial No. 263,672. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I,'HERBERT S. PULLMAN, of Rockville, in the county ofTolland and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and ImprovedShoe-Clasp, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to an improved clasp specially adapted for-use withovershoes of the arctic type. The invention is embodied in theconstruction hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l isa plan view of ablank from which the tongue is formed. -Fig.2 is a perspective view of the complete device. Fig. 3 is a perspectiveview of a slightly-modified form, and Fig. 4. is a perspective view of ashoe having my device applied.

It is the prime object of the present invention to economize in metaland produce asimple, readily-applied, and easily-manipulated tongueadapted for use in connection with the ordinary form of keeper and inessentially the ordinary manner.

In carrying out the invention the integral tongue A and base or rootBare preferably constructed from a blank, 0, illustrated in Fig.1. Theblank, consisting of a single piece of metal, preferably cut from asheet in any approved manner, is provided with asubstantially-rectangular base, in which a transverse slot, C, isproduced, and a tongue projecting centrally therefrom at right angles tosaid slot, the said base being out upon each side in alignment with thesides of the tongue, whereby side lips, 0 are obtained. The lips,however, if found desirable, may be omitted.

In forming the device from the blank the tongue is bent upon itself in awave-line over the base and the slot therein projecting beyond the same,as illustrated in Fig. 2. The lips are then, or in the same operationwith completing the form of the tongue, bent upon them selves downwardunder the base, forming the round edges to, which surrounding surfaceand the equivalent surface of the tongue are made to align. Thus whenthe device is attached to the shoe, as illustrated in Fig. 4., and theformer rocked upon the latter, the said smoothedge surface a, which isthe contact-surface, will not wear the shoe.

A spring is not needed upon this form of catch, as when the tongue ispassed through the keeper and brought to a horizontal position thetension of the keeper upon the tongue and the curve in the lattersubstitute a spring.

When the lips C are omitted,the device assumes the shape illustrated inFig. 2.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. As an improved article of manufacture, the shoe-clasp hereindescribed, consisting of a slotted base and a tongue integral with thebase curved from one edge over the base and slot, the edges of the baseessentially aligning, the outer curve of the tongue being bent uponitself to present a round or smooth surface, substantially as and forthe purpose specified.

2. In a clasp [or shoes, the blank consisting of anessentially-rectangular slotted base and a tongue projected centrallyfrom an edge andhaving the base cut in alignment with the side edges ofthe tongue to produce'side lips, as and for the purpose specified.

HERBERT S. PULLMAN.

Witnesses:

J. F. ACKER, 'Jr., 0. F. DOEBLER.

